The
GOSPEL TRUTH

The following "Lectures
on Theology" were taken from handwritten teaching notes by
Charles G. Finney. The notes were copied and typed by Gordon
Olson while visiting Oberlin College in 1953. According to Mr.
Olson they were found in the fourth floor historical locked
section without a file number under teaching notes.

Concerning these lectures Mr. Olson
wrote:

". . . I also found an Introductory
Course, Lectures I to XII, 266 pages, handwritten, which I
estimated from references made to be about 1860. Its content
suggests what Finney intended to be part of Volume I of his
projected four volume series on Systematic Theology, only II
and III of which were published[1846 and 1847
respectively] and were reprinted somewhat revised in a
single London volume in 1851 and abridged in 1876[1878]
for the common U.S. printing."

The following material is
taken from Mr. Olson's copies of Finney's manuscript. We are
all indebted to Mr. Olson's tenacity and diligence to make
these lectures available to us today.--Ed.

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